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Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26

S. to S25 apiece and writes as many as
half a dozen a week From some OF
his compositions the publishers never
get anv return; from others the returns
are are very large. Mr. Henry p Work,
who died in 1885, and who was without
any doubt the most successful among
the writers of modern popular songs, is
the exception which proves the rule il
lustrated above.
"Mr. Work never sold a song to
music publisher for a fixed sum-" re-
Gently said Willis Woodward, who knew
Mr.. Work intimately. ''He was a
printer by trade, and when he started in
to write songs, as a pastime for leisure
hours, he determined that he would
never publish his works save onroyalty.
The result was that he died worth over
100000, and his songs are still profit
able to his heirs. Babylon Is Fallen
and Marching Through Georgia were
among his earlier successes; Grand
fathers Clock among the latest.
Marching Through Georgia is con-
sidered standard song, and sells to the
extent of eight thousand or nine thou
sand yearly. l shall never forget the
first time l heard Grandfather Clock.
| was then employed in Western music
store. He came in and sang it to me.
He was very bad singer, and the sub
ject and the treatment were both so
quaint, the movement of the melody so
unusual, that | did not know what to
think of it, or what to say about its
probable success. My opinion of it was
that the imitation of the clock move
ment was novel and attractive, but diis
not venture to say any thing furthsg
The song was published, but it waSa
long time before it won its way to ,le
popular ear, to say nothing of the Ewp-
ular heart 1t was shown to Minstrel
singers, who threw it impatlently Aside.
Wombold declared that he would not
sing such trash. In spite of svery
thing, however, it made its way sAd be-
came popular. Then Wombrsld did
sing it, anG especially advertised the
fact Among Works other songs are:
Father, o Father, Come Homo With Me
Now The Loss of the Lady Elgin,'
The Fire Bells and Drop she Pink
Curtains Work tried Eamber of
times to write successfully humorous
songs, but failed every tiI.aszz.s ''-Nasl'-
rHle american.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26
GEORGES cross. and the white cross, COM

Georges cross, and the white cross, COM
monty called St Andrew cross, joined
together .'and in their foretop our
subjects of South Britain shall wear the
red cross only, as they were worn,
and our subjects of North Britain
in their foretop the white cross
only, as they have been accus-
toned" In 1907, when the Scotch
and English Legislatures were united,
the distinctive flags ceased to be used,
and the united flags as arranged in 1906
became the single ensign for the United
Kingdom. 1t was the sovereign that
made the union and established the ma
tional flag, and an establishment OF dis
tinct legislatures again would not alter
the flag Ireland would take presuma-
bly, for its local ensign the red cross of
st. Patrick. This Irish banner ought
to have appeared in the union flag of
1906, but it did not. Ireland had no
distinct recognition in the union flag
until 1901, when the Irish and British
legislatures were united. At that date
the union jack underwent a further
change, and the red diagonal cross of
St. Patrick on a white field was intro
duced. Since that date the union jack
has shown the red cross and white mar
gin, recalling the banner of St. George,
the white diagonal and blue field of St
Andrews banner and the red diagonal
cross of st. Patrick showing over the
white diagonal cross of the Scotch ban
ner. The blue ground of the jack is
therefore due to Scotland, and the red
and white as crosses and margins to En-
gland and Ireland Cor. London NeaOS.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26
POPULAR SONGS.
Gems of Melody Composed by Men Not
Known to Fame or Fortune.

Gems of Melody Composed by Men Not
Known to Fame or Fortune.
1t would seem that by some strange
fatality the writer's of popular songs
never participate In the occasionally
enormous profits derived by publishers
from their works. A newspaper para
graph went the rounds during Iitiens'
last tour in America describing how
Couch, the composer of kathleen
Mavourneen. came to the great artist
and thanked her for The feeling and the
skill with which she had sung the song
at q concert IN Baltimore. where he was
then residing. He mentioned at the
time that he had sold his composition
long years before for Is. II. f. Danks,
very prolific song-writer, disposed of
his ''Silver Threads Among the Gold"
for S25. For year he had failed to in
duce various publishers to take hold of
it and make some business arrangement
with him. At last he found printer
who agreed to share the expense Of
setting it up for one-half of the result
IHS AoiitSs II tJlCt0 NCiC dHf IIc SA-
pense of printing song is considerable.
The plates cost about $l5, and copies of
it may be turned out for something like
cents apiece. The supposed advan-
tage of having song published by a
well-known publisher is not so much
that he bears the expense of publishing
as that he has facilities for circulating
through the trade, and thus having a
way for its introduction to the
public. 1t is a supposed advantage,
for songs are introduced to the public
by man or woman on the stage singing
them, and moi by a music clerk behind
"a counter inducing seminary girls and
Young theologians with musical tastes to
purchase copy here and there. How
ever, Mr. Danks and his printer got the
song up in shape for puplic sale. and
did what they could to presentit topub-
lie attention They made little sue
c,&s the first year, but the impetlous
and creative spirit of Mr.. banks was
not satisfied. Ii was going too slowly
for him, and he finally sold out to his
partner for the amount mentioned
above. '.SilYer Threads Among the
Gold steadilv grew into popularity; ii
made its way 10 England. and point OF
sales easily ranks with any song ever
published The share which MIR. Danks
sold for S25 would have yielded him
perhaps $1,000 in the two or three sub.
sequent years J. P. Skelly, the com
poser of s'My Pretty Red Rose" anc
many other successful songs whose sale:
nave reached four and sometimes five
figures, has never profited by these sue
cssses. He invariably sells his compo
sitions to publishers outright, and is Sc
prolific that he makes living from thi:
work. lie sells songs all the way from
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26
POPULAR PICTURE S.
A Dealer in Cheap Art Goods Gives Some
Pointers About His Customers.

A Dealer in Cheap Art Goods Gives Some
Pointers About His Customers.
A big dealer in pictures, such as en-
cravings, chromos, etchings, pastels,
oil paintings, all moderately cheap, in
conversation with a reporter the other
day, said that battle pictures sold the
best. He added: 1.-The general public,
which is not educated in high art as q
rule, is fond of war subjects, repre-
sentations Of battles, flights or narrow
escapes. Now if [ put outside for in
spection four pictures, the one that
represents battle or some war episode
attracts the most attention. A little
group constantly stands before the war
picture and the others are scarcely no.
ticed. One of the pictures that always
attracts attention is The Return Of
Napoleon From the Island of Elba. ,
The great General is represented as sur
rounded BIZ his staff, members Of the Old
Guard, and his soldiers rushing forward
to greet him and kiss his hand. Even
tramps who pass along the street stop
and gaze in admiration at the Little
Corporal. They all seem to know the
picture of Napoleon, and have some
Slight acquaintance with his history.
The battle of Waterloo also comes in
for popular share of interest. The
troops of the Union army
parading through Washington,
the battle Of Gettysburg,
and like pictures are mostly admired by
the uncultured who admire pictures be-
cause they are pictures. These, of
course, are not the original oil paint
ings, but simply the engravings of them.
The prices range from three dollars to
twenty dollars apiece. The sum Of fif-
teen dollars will buy fine engraving,
and twenty dollars win simply get a
first-class picture in our trade. "Ihe
Affair of Honor" duel between two
women, sells well, and comes under the
general head of war pictures. If |
were q great painter, should devote
my time TO battles and historical events,
where guns, swords and cannon figured
promiscuousiy. If the unGultured are
fond Of such pictures, l am sure tho5e
who have great artistic taste will appre-
ciate them in a greater ratio. Engrav-
ings of Fortuny's Choosing the Model
are admired, but not with the enthu-
siasm of thrilling battle scenes. | have
dealt in cheap pictures good many
years, and my experience is that they
act as educators and have tendency to
refine and improve. l know poor peo-
pie, who once bought cheap pictures
from me, that have advanced SO in the
selection of engravings from great
painters that I often get pointers from
them as to what l should buy. They
studied up and became thoroughly post
ed on modern painters. There are more
cheap pictures sold in the United States
than many suppose. think if the duty
were taken off Of imported pictures we
would sell nearly twice as many. All
classes of pictures would become cheap
er. and the competition would force
down prices. ~. ]. Mail and. E1-
press.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26
An Unfortunate Family.

A Madrid paper narrates a series of
fatalities to which three members out of
a family of four fell victims in that
city, and the story is one that seems as
if it might have happened in New York.
The family were flies, brother and
three sisters. They were in search Of
food The eldest sister alighted upon a
sausage and ate heartily. The second
satisfied her hunger on some flour. The
third drank with avidity from pitcher
of milk. Then they essayed to fly, but
in a few moments all three fell dead.
The sausage had been given its fine red
color by means of a poisonous aniline
dye The flour contained fatal per-
centage of plaster-of-Paris. The milk
had in it so much chalk that no we'll
regulated fly could drink it and live
The unhappy brother, seeing himself
surrounded by the corpses of his dear
sisters, in his grief determined upon
suicide. He LAUGHED himself upon a
gray sheet of paper bearing the inscrip-
ton ely paper-sure to KILL" and
sucked its deadly poison greedily; but
in vain. The more he took of it the
better he felt. He was doomed to live.
'sFly paper" was also falsifed.-M. Y.
San.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26
THE UNION JACK.
Curious Points About the Banner of Great
Britain and ireland.

Britain and ireland.
We are all familiar with the white,
blue and red ensigns, and with the union
jack which occupied the upper quarter
nearest the flagstaff. The white ensign
has the red cross of St. George IN ad-
ditioh to the union jack. Without the
jack this white ensign with a red cross
represents our old national flag as il ex-
listed from the time of Richard /. until
the death of Elizabeth. This red-croSs
flag, the banner of St George, appears
to have been chosen by the soldier King
in honor of the saint who was the patron
of soldiers. 1t remained for more than
four hundred years the flag under which
the English warriors fought on land and
on sea. When James VI. of Scotland
succeeded Elizabeth the Scotch had q
national flag. That also was crtss,
but it was shaped differently from tiat
of St. George, and was known as The
cross of St. Andrew. The ground of
the Scotch flag was blue, and its cross
was white. To mark the union of the
two kingdoms under one sovereign the
national banner underwent q change,
although Scotland still retained its
separate Parliament. In the new flag
the two banners of England and Scot
land were united There appeared in
it the oblique white cross of st. An
drew on a blue ground, and the red
cross Of St. George on a white margin,
worked in the blue field. The King
was accustomed to sign his name in the
French form of James, Jacques He
was, in fact the Union Jacques, or, as
we improperly pronounced it, Jack.
For local purposes the Scotch still con-
tinued to use the white St Andrew s
cross on the blue field, and the English
the red cross on the white field. 1t was
stated by royal proclamation in 1906
that whereas, some differences hath
arisen between our subjects of South
and North Britain, travelling by seas,
about the bearing of their flags. For
the avoiding of all such contentious
hereafter, we have, with the advice OF
our counsel, ordered that from hence
forth all our subjects of this isle and
kingdom Of Great Britain and the mem
bers thereof shall bear in their maintor
the red cross, commonly called St
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26
ENGLISH DOORS.

A Rebuke by Gentleman Who Saw
Things in America as They Are.
Americans are sometimes heard to
complain of the manners of certain
class of young Englishmen, who ought
to know better. They are accused of
accepting American hospitality and of
neglecting the conventionality of dress
and etiquette which are customary in
good European society. The American
naturally resents the idea of an English
man doing IN America what he would
not do at home, and very justly consid-
ers such action a want of proper respect
toward his entertainers. 1t is hardly
likely that any man, calling himself a
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26
A California paper saws the ore

A California paper says the great
plateau between the Rocky mountains
and the Sierras, comprising the Terri
tory of Utah and the State of Nevada, is
apparently destined to become the
greatest cattle range of the country.
Immense tracts of land, some embrac-
ing nearly two hundred and fifty thous-
and acres, have been purchased and
owners of large herds in Texas and 9TH
er Southwestern States are looking for
ranges in this wide section Of natural
pasture land. The cattlemen are being
crowded out of other localities by the
tide of settlers.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-26
-Robie Hurd. aged eight, fell into

-Robie Hurd, aged eight, fell into
the Schuylkill, at Philadelphia, and was
drowning in the presence Of screaming
women and helpless men who could not
swim, when Mr.. Luke Dillon, driving
BY, learned the condition of affairs,
plunged in dressed as he was in his
Sunday clothes, and, after remaining
under water long enough to alarm the
spectators, emerged with the boy, who
had gone down for the third time and
whom he found lying in the mud at the
bottom of the river. Proper treatment
restored the boy to consciousness and
health. This is the third life that Mr..
Dillon has saved. Philadelphia Press.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-09-28

TO REGULATE HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION, DANCE
HOUSES AND HOUSES WHERE BEER, WINE OR
sPIRIrUoUs LIQUORS ARE SOLD.
The People OF the State, represented in
Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol-
lows:
SECTION 1. II shall be unlawful for any
owner, or agent Of any owner, or any
other person to keep any house of ill-fame,
or to let or rent fer any length OF time
whatever TO any woman of ill-fame any
house, room or structure situated within
four hundred yards of any schoolhouse or
schoolroom used by any of the public
schools in the State of Nevada.
SEC. q. It shall be unlawful for any
owner, or agent OF any owner, or any
other person TO keep, let or rent for any
length Of time. or at all, any house 'front.'
ing on the principal business street or thor.
oughfare Of any Of the towns Of this State
for the purposes Of prostitution, or for the
purpose OF keeping any dance-house, or
house commonly called "hurdy-house, Z"
or house where wine, beer or spirituous
liquors are sold or served by females or
female walters or attendants or when fe.
males are used or employed to attract or
solicit custom, nor shall any entrance or
exit way to any house referred to in this
section be made or used from the principal
business street or thoroughfare OF any OF
the towns OF this State.
SEC. 8. Any persons violating the pro.
visions of Sections one or two of this Act
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
and on conviction, shall be fined not less
than twenty-five dollars. nor more than
three hundred dollars, or be imprisoned
in the County Jsil not less than five nor
more than sixty days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment, in the discretion
of the Court.
SEC. 4. The provisions of this Act
shall not apply TO towns and cities now
Incorporated.
SEC 5. In the trial Of all cases arising
under the provisions Of this Act, evidence
OF general reputation shall be deemed
competent evidence IS to the question of
the ill.fame of any house alleged to be
80 kept, and TO the question of the i'll fame
of such woman.
SEC. 6. II shall be the duty of the Dis.
trict Attorney and Sheriff Of each county
in this State TO see that the provisions of
this Act are strictly enforced and carried
into effect, and upon neglecting 30 to do,
they or either OF them shall be deemed
guilty OF misdemeanor in Office. and may
be proceeded against as provided in SEQ
tions 63 and 72 inclusive OF an Act en-
titled can Act relating to elections" ap-
proved March 12. 1878.
SEC. z. This Act shall take effect and
be In force from and after the first day of
NAV, 1887.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-09-28
RECORDING OF BIRTHS AND
DEATHS.

An act of the Legislature, approved
March 20, 1887 provides that every person
who shall officiate at the birth of child
shall make q record thereof, and within
three months after such birth shall make
and deliver to the Recorder of Deeds of
the county wherein the birth took place, a
certificate lnder his hand containing the
facts of such birth. 1t also provides that
every person who shall officiate at the
burial of any deceased person shall make a
record thereof and within two weeks after
such death shall make and deliver, or send
by the due course of mail or express, or by
such other manner as will insure safe
transit, to the Recorder of Deeds of the
county wherein such death took place, a
certificate under his hand containing par
ticulars of such death.
All certificates of births and deaths shall
be filed and recorded by the Recorder in o
book kept for that purpose, and the Board
of Commissioners of the several counties
shall provide blanks certificates, to be paid
for by the county, to be furnished to ply
sicians midwives and undertakers. to en-
able them to carry out and comply with
the requirements of the act.
Failure to comply with the provisions
of the act is punis liable by a fine of not
less than 500 nor more than $50 for each
ohense, and wilfully making false Ger
tifcate of any birth or death is punishable
by fine not exceeding $500, or imprison.
meet in the county Jail for any period not
exceeding six months.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-09-28
THE NEW LICENSE ACT.

Following is the full text of an amend
ment to the License Act, which was passed
at the last session of the Legislature, and
approved February l, 1887:
Sec 20. The County Auditor shall
from time to time deliver to the Sheriff as
many of such licenses as may be required,
and shall sign the same and charge them
to the Sheriff provided, that before sign
ing or delivering any license to Sheriff,
the Auditor shall fill out the license in
full, stating therein to whom said license is
issued, the kind of business authorized to
be carried on under the license, the room,
building and placewhere the business is to be
carried on, the dates when said license be-
gins and expires, and the amount of money
to be paid therefor, an. shall at the same
time make entries of the same upon the
stubs in the Gcense-book. Whenever any
license is returned, by the Sheriff, unsold,
and note the fact and date of such cancella-
tion upon the stubs thereof No Board of
County Commissioners shall audit or allow
any claim in favor of Sheriff until there
shall be fled with said Board the certified
statement of the Auditor that all settle.
ments required by the list Section of the
Act of which this is amen1atory, have
been made by said Sheriff. The amount
of all licenses issued to the Sheriff and not
accounted for shall be deducted before any
claim shall be allowed to Sheriff. No
county shall be liable to the Auditor, other
than for his official salary, for any fees or
for any services required of him under this
Act.
The construction placed upon this
amendment is that all persons requiring
licenses shall apply to the Sheriff for the
same, giving in the application descrip-
ton of the room or building in which the
business is to be carried on for which the
licensa is issned
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-09-28
MUST FILE CERTIFICATES AND
PUBLISH.
TApproved February 9. 1871


SECTION 1. Every partnership transact.
ing business in this State under ficticious
name, or designation not showing the
names of the persons interested as partners
in such business, must file with the Clerk
of the county in which the said partner
ship is carrying on business, certificate
stating the names in full of all the mem
bers of such partnership and their places
of residence, and publish the same once a
week for four consecutive weeks in news
paper published in the county, if there be
one, and If there be none in such county,
then in a newspaper published in an adjoin-
ing county.
SEC. 2. The certificate fled with the
Clerk, as provided in Section one of this
Act, must be signed by the partners and
acknowledged before some officer author
lied to take the acknowledgement of con-
veyances of real property. Where the
partnership is hereafter formed, the certifi-
cate must be filed, and the publication
designated in that Section must be made
within one month after the formation of
the partnership, or within one month from
the time designated in the agreement of it's
members for the commencement of the
partnership; where the partnership has
been heretofore formed, the certificate
must be filed and the publication made
within two months after the passage of
this Act. Persons doing business contrary
to the provisions of this Act, shall not
maintain any action upon, or on account of
any contracts made or transactions had in
their partnership name, in any court of
this State, until they had first fled the
certificate and made the publication herein
required.
SEC. 8. On every change in the men,
bers of partnership transacting basiness
in this State under a ficticious name, or a
designation which does not show the names
of the persons interested as partne in it's
business, a new certificate must be filed
with the County Clerk and new publica-
tion made, as required in this Act, on the
formation of such partnership.
SEo~ 4. Every County Clerk must keep
register of the name of every such part
nership, and of each partner therein, and
he shall charge for each name so entered
the sum of twenty five cents, to be col
lected as other fees, which shall be full
compensation for filing and registration.
SEC. 8. Copies of the entries of County
by him, and affidavits of publication as
herein directed, made by the printer, pub
fisher or cii'ef clerk of a newspaper, are
prima facie evidence of the facts therein
stated; provided, that this Act shall not
apply to any incorporation duly created
and existing under and by virtue of the
laws governing and providing for the crea-
tion of interpretations in this State, and
now engaged or hereafter to be engaged in
doing business in this State.